Judges 3:26
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Judges 3:26 in other translations
| BSB | Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah. |
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| WEB | Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah. |
| ASV | And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. |
| YLT | And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath. |
| DARBY | And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah. |
| BBE | But Ehud had got away while they were waiting and had gone past the stone images and got away to Seirah. |
| Webster | And Ehud escaped while they tarried; and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirath. |
What does Judges 3:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 3:21-26
21-26. Ehud put forth his left hand--The whole circumstance of this daring act--the death of Eglon without a shriek, or noise--the locking of the doors--the carrying off the key--the calm, unhurried deportment of Ehud--show the strength of his confidence that he was doing God service.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 3:12-30
When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened, and Moab strengthened against them. If lesser troubles do not do the work, God will send greater. When Israel prays again, God raises up Ehud. As a judge, or minister of Divine justice, Ehud put to death Eglon, the king of…
Judges 3:26 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 3:25
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
- Judges 3:26
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
- Judges 3:27
And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
Judges 3:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas entre tanto que ellos se detuvieron, Aod se escapó, y pasando los ídolos, salvóse en Seirath. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Éhud s’était échappé pendant qu’ils tardaient, et avait dépassé les images taillées; et il se sauva à Sehira. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ehud aber war entronnen, während sie zögerten: er war über die geschnitzten Bilder hinausgelangt und entrann nach Seira. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Aod autem, dum illi turbarentur, effugit, et pertransiit locum idolorum, unde reversus fuerat. Venitque in Seirath: |